{"id":42034,"date":"2021-12-03T17:25:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T17:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=42034"},"modified":"2021-12-03T16:46:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T16:46:52","slug":"black-cherry-part-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=42034","title":{"rendered":"Black Cherry &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blackcherrySQ.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-41938 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blackcherrySQ-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blackcherrySQ-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blackcherrySQ-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blackcherrySQ-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blackcherrySQ-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blackcherrySQ-110x110.png 110w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blackcherrySQ-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blackcherrySQ-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blackcherrySQ-442x442.png 442w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blackcherrySQ.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Black Cherry<\/strong>\u00a0is written by Krystal Sweedman and directed by Anna Nugent. The play is the latest in Near FM\u2019s<em>\u00a0New Drama Hour<\/em>\u00a0series of plays by women playwrights.<\/p>\n<p>In Black Cherry a catalytic event ripples through the generations. There\u2019s Paul, who was accused of a raping a young woman, when he was a teenager, and is still dealing with the consequences. Leonie, who married him, knowing this. A sex coach who has everything she believes challenged when something happens to her daughter. April, their daughter, who is navigating her sexuality despite her mum\u2019s interference, and Jade, April\u2019s best friend, who is dealing with the consequences of being told nothing about sex but who\u2019s longing for connection. Black Cherry contains themes of sexual politics, consent, sex education, violence and autonomy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cast<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Abdul Alshareef, Gina Costigan, Jessie Doyle, Mo O\u2019Connell, Eoin O\u2019Sullivan, Paul Nugent and Fiana Toibin.<\/p>\n<p>Made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television license Fee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1224\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/BlackCherry-Part-2.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('1224','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/BlackCherry-Part-2.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/BlackCherry-Part-2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=42034-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/BlackCherry-Part-2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BlackCherry-Part-2.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 47:19 &#8212; 108.3MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Cherry\u00a0is written by Krystal Sweedman and directed by Anna Nugent. The play is the latest in Near FM\u2019s\u00a0New Drama Hour\u00a0series of plays by women playwrights. In Black Cherry a catalytic event ripples through the generations. There\u2019s Paul, who was accused of a raping a young woman, when he was a teenager, and is still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1225\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/BlackCherry-Part-2.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('1225','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/BlackCherry-Part-2.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/BlackCherry-Part-2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=42034-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/BlackCherry-Part-2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BlackCherry-Part-2.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 47:19 &#8212; 108.3MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[20630],"class_list":["post-42034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-radio-drama","tag-black-cherry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42035,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42034\/revisions\/42035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}